Aquaponics Digest - Mon 06/28/99 




Message   1: Sprouts revisited

             from "Ronald W. Brooks" 

Message   2: Re: Unsubscribe

             from KLOTTTRUE

Message   3: Re: Sprouts revisited

             from "vpage" 

Message   4: Re: Sprouts revisited

             from "James Bell" 

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Subject: Sprouts revisited

From:    "Ronald W. Brooks" 

Date:    Mon, 28 Jun 1999 18:34:42 -0400

Several months ago there was some speculation on feeding sprouts to Tilapia

Well I decided to run a small experiment.

I used Alfalfa , Bean , Wheat , Broccoli and Watercress all where purchased

as seeds for sprouting for humans .

Seed type                     amount fed                amount eaten 24/hrs

Alfalfa

3 day old sprouts                1/2 cup                         0

5 day old sprouts                1/2 cup                         0

  ( very green )

Bean

5 days non green                 1/2 cup                         0

Wheat

1 inch green height              1/2 cup                         1/4 cup

Broccoli

sprouted to green stage          1/2 cup                          0

Watercress

2 leaf stage                     1/2 cup                          1/2 cup

Trimming from mature plants      2 cups                           acted

like Piranha and

finished it in 20 minutes

Ron

The One Who Walks Two Paths

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Subject: Re: Sprouts revisited

From:    "vpage" 

Date:    Mon, 28 Jun 1999 21:51:22 -0600

Wow! My watercress grew like a weed in the tilapia waste water!!

Nice to read you again:]

I originally raised redworms for feed but they were worth more than the fish

feed as a sale item. Of course ,I never sold them.

This makes more sense. Do you think it would affect the taste? I guess that

would wear off like any flavour with purging....

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Subject: Re: Sprouts revisited

From:    "James Bell" 

Date:    Thu, 29 Jul 1999 00:02:08 -0400

 sprouts sounded  like a  good idea  but guess  I was  mistaken

 I am  going to  be  around  the  Dyersburg  Tenn  area   in  3  weeks

just wondering   if any  one is   near there  would  just  love to  see a

live tilapia .

S&S Aqua Farm, 8386 County Road 8820, West Plains, MO 65775  417-256-5124

Web page  http://www.townsqr.com/snsaqua/
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